Statistical features of vein systems in the Hishikari epithermal gold deposit, Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-36

  Sasaki, Munetake ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hishikari deposit; Statistics; Vein systems

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; VEIN (GEOLOGY); VOLCANIC ROCK;

JAPAN;

EID: 33645766773     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2006.tb00265.x     Document Type: Article

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